Insect-guard.



l. D. HENDERSON 8: C. ZOLNINGER.

INSECT GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. @915.

1, 213,638. Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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' JAMES D. HENDERSON AND CHARLES ZOLNINGER, OF FREDERICK, OKLAHOMA.

INSECT-GUARD.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917?.

Application filed June 22, 1915. Serial No. 35,684.

'i the county of Tillman and State of Oklahoma have invented new and useful Ima provements 1n insect-Guards, of whlch the following 18 a specification.

An 01)]6Cl3 of the lnvention is to provide a guard for use in preventlng lnsects or vermin from advancing on to a support or perch, or contaminating bodies reposlng upon the support or perch.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a guard which may be conveniently used in connection with henneries to isolate the perch for the fowls from the wall of the hen-house so that vermin, insects or other obnoxious pests will be prevented from coming in contact with the foWls by climbing on to the perch.

The invention, however, further contemplates the provision of a guard which may be conveniently used on furniture, such as chairs, buffets and the like, and in this instance the guard accomplishes the same purpose, namely, the isolation of the article of furniture from the parts which support it on the floor so that insects cannot climb up into or upon the article of furniture. In the latter instance our invention contemplates a combination of guard and support for an article of furniture and takes the place of the usual casters generally employed for 4 this purpose.

' 7 erence denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a perch showing my device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view taken through one of the guards; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through a modified form of guard showing the same used in connection with furniture.

Referring more particularly to the views, we disclose a support 10 which, in Fig. 1, is shown to be a, perch, and which is arranged to extend horizontally, the support at each end being held up by a guard indicated by the numeral 11. As shown, there is provided a bracket 12, one for each end of the support 10, and the guard 11 consists, more particularly, of a cup 13 formed with a vertical stem 1 f extending through the center of the cup and having its lower end depending below the cup and formed into a point to be forced into the bracket 12,

the upper end of the stem being arrangedto pass loosely through an opening 15 in the support 10. A disk 16 providing a supporting member and a cover is formed with the stem 1% and supports the perch 10 as shown, said disk'providing a cover or protector for the interior of the cup in that it will prevent dirt or other matter from entering the cup, the disk, however, being slightly spaced from the upper edge of the cup and which latter element is adapted to contain an oil or other germicide.

Now it will be seen that vermin, insects or other pests which may have advanced on to the bracketand might climb up the side of the cup will be prevented from climbing to the cover or disk 16 and in endeavoring to do so will fall into the contents of the cup and thus be exterminated. With a perch supported as mentioned any fowls which repose upon the perch will be protected, particularly during the night season, from intrusion by pests of the nature mentioned.

In a modified form of our invention We show a cup 17 carried on a stem 18. The same in this particular instance comprises a solid cylindrical portion 19 and a hollow tubular portion 20, the tubular portion of the same being of a spring-like material and having an annular socket 21 in which the head 22 of the casters 23 can be sprung, whereby holding the caster in the tubular portion of the stem. The latter mentioned portion of the stem is formed integral with and depends from the central portion of the disk 24, the letter being spaced from the cup 17, to form a cover therefor. A solid portion 19 of the stem is formed on the opposite face of the cover, in vertical alinement with the tubular portion 20, and provided at its upper end with a knob 25. The solid portion of the stem is adapted to eX- tend into a cylindrical element 26, arranged in an opening 27, in a leg 28 of an article of furniture, the cylindrical element 26 being preferably of a spring-like nature and having an annular groove 29 in which the knob can be sprung, whereby retaining the disk and the leg 28 of the article of furniture.

Now it will be seen that when the modilied form of guard described is applied to the article of furniture as mentioned, the solid end 19 of the stem fits loosely into the cylindrical element 26, and with a construction of this kind the disk 24 not only forms a cover but also a supporting ledge or member for the leg of the furniture, the cup 17 as in the preferred form of our device being preferably filled with an oil or other germicide for the purpose mentioned heretofore.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

An insect guard comprising a stem, said stem being provided with a solid cylindrical Copies of this patent may be obtained for five upper portion, and a yieldable hollow cylindrical lower portion, a disk on said stem, intermediate the solid and hollow cylindrical portions thereof, and a cup on and embracing the lower end of the hollow cylindrical portion and a support for the structure inserted within the latter mentioned hollow cylindrical portion.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. HENDERSON. CHARLES ZOLNINGER. Witnesses:

1 J. H. WoRMING'roN, ANDREW H. SMITH.

cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. 

